1999 Death Dirk Bogarde, actor/writer, A Tale of Two Cities, dies at 78 1992 Death Joan Sanderson, actress (Young Wives' Tale, Fawlty Towers), dies at 79 1990 Death Elizabeth Allan, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Camille, Java Head), dies 1977 Death George Merritt, actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86 1974 Death Blanche Yurka, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Cry of Werewolf), dies at 86 1970 Birthday Doug E. Doug, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, screenwriter, comedian, played Griffith Vesey on television sitcom Cosby, voice of Bernie in the animated movie Shark Tale, and Sanka Coffie in film Cool Runnings 1963 Birthday Natasha Richardson, born in London, England, actress, Gothic, Handmaid's Tale 1962 Birthday Kelly Preston, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actress, Mischief, Twins, A Tigers Tale 1949 Birthday Shelley Duvall, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Popeye, Faery Tale Theater 1946 Birthday Chazz Palminteri, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Jade, Diabolique, Bronx Tale 1942 Event Tweety Bird, aka Tweety Pie, debuts in "Tale of Two Kitties" 1941 Death Herschel Mayall, actor (Tale of 2 Cities), dies at 78 1940 Death Josef Swickard, actor (Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities), dies at 73 1935 Birthday Ann Wedgeworth, Abilene, Texas, actress, Tiger's Tale, Men's Club, Bogie 1933 Birthday Boris Strugatski, U.S.S.R., sci-fi author, Tale of Troika 1925 Birthday Arkadi N Strugazki, U.S.S.R., sci-fi author, Tale of the Troika 1908 Death Marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44 1903 Birthday Eric Portman, born in Yorkshire, England, actor, Naked Edge, Canterbury Tale 1897 Birthday Cecil Parker, Hastings England, actor, Indiscreet, Tale of 2 Cities 1893 Birthday Samuel N. Behrman, U.S. screenwriter, Tale of 2 Cities, Daddy Long Legs 1891 Birthday Ronald Colman, England, 1947 Academy Award actor, Tale of 2 Cities 1890 Birthday John P M L de Vries, fairy tale writer 1889 Birthday Walter Catlett, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Front Page, Tale of 2 Cities 1887 Birthday Blanche Yurka, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, actress, Taxi, Tale of 2 Cities 1885 Death Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72 1875 Death Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70 1866 Birthday Beatrix Potter, born in England, children's author, Tale of Peter Rabbit 1866 Birthday Josef Swickard, born in Coblenz, Germany, actor, Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities 1864 Birthday Marie Jungius, Dutch fairy tale writer 1859 Event Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published 1859 Event Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" published 1837 Birthday Ion Creanga, Romanian fairy tale author, Amintiti the Copilarie 1812 Birthday Charles Dickens, born in England, novelist, Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities 1812 Birthday Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer 1785 Birthday Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Germany, librarian, fairy tale collector 1703 Death Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies
